AMENDING THE TARIFF

Feilding Star, Volume 10, Issue 4033, 16 September 1933, Page 6

AMENDING THE TARIFF

UNAVOIDABLE DELAY PRESENTATION OF REPORT THE DATE EXENDED (Per Pres* Association) Wellington, Sept. 14 Referring to a warrant published in the Gazette to-night extending* the time in which the Customs Tariff Commission is to furnish its report, the Hon. J. G. Coates said it was fully expected the result of the investigations would have been available in sufficient time to enable the Government to give full consideration to the report and introduce necessary amending legislation during- the coming* session of Parliament. The chairman of the commission, before going south, informed the Government that the report could not be available this year, owing* to the large volume of evidence offering- and asked for an extension until January 31 of the time in which the commission is to make its report. “It is regretted,” Mr Coates added, “that the commission’s report will not be available until the date mentioned, but after consideration of *ll factors it was considered advisable to take the course indicated, and it will not, therefore, be possible to deal with the* necessary legislation this year.”